Exploring Other Topics Using Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Exploring Other Topics Using Balzac and the Little Chinese SeamstressWhen you study your Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, you may wonder what to study next. Sure, you will probably want to continue with Anne Tyler's character, but it might be interesting to try to include everything about the main characters and their connections to one another in a single essay topic. Maybe even try to link them together?There are many ways you can use a topic from a novel that includes a narrating character, such as the Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, to move beyond your central thesis, even when you are not writing a thesis statement. Here are a few examples of the kinds of uses that you can make of this particular approach:Shifting the focus: The main character in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Chen, is a translator for Madame Chen. In this case, a primary term that you might use to connect Chen and Madame Chen would be 'translator.' Although this isn't the only prim ary term used, you might also try other terms, such as translator, translator's assistant, and editor.You can also consider shifting the focus to the narrator, instead of the characters themselves. By focusing on the narrator's position in relation to the events that take place, you might be able to link events that are independent in time and place or not related in any way. One good example of this would be a game of bingo where the audience did not know what had happened before but it was the narrator who knew beforehand that the audience would know who won.Writing one-liners: Many times, you might not have enough time to create more complex arguments or issues. Instead, you might be better off just writing one-liners. Suchone-liners could serve as summary statements of the central theme or they could be an introduction to a complex argument.Turning the narrator shift into a thesis statement: It is perfectly possible to make a strong argument from a novel and then turn it into a thesis statement. Of course, if you are already writing a thesis statement, you might consider turning that into a sentence that becomes a thesis statement. If you aren't sure if this is something you want to do, though, you can still see how this would work.Talking about reading and being read: Most people think that writers write only for themselves. That's not really true. You can get an idea from reading a novel, analyze that idea, and then use it to write a thesis statement that has as much impact on you as if you had read the book alone.These four examples are just four examples of how you can use the central theme of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress to explore other topics in a different way. You may not like all of them, but you should be able to work out what you like and dislike from these examples. You can always change them, of course, but you should be able to get at least a rough idea of what works and what doesn't when you start using this Balzac and the Littl e Chinese Seamstress, and the topics, methods, and techniques involved.